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Linguipedia (talk | contribs) (New page: An '''echo question''' is a question that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of an uttterance made before. ===Example=== ''A: I'm going to Nizhnesverdlovsk. B: '''You're going where...) |
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| − | An '''echo question''' is a [[question]] that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of | + | An '''echo question''' is a [[question]] that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of a declarative sentence made before. It copies an utterance and contains a ''wh''-phrase ''in situ''. |
===Example=== | ===Example=== | ||
| − | '' | + | A: ''I'm going to Nizhnesverdlovsk.'' |
| + | B: '''You're going where?''''' | ||
===Comments=== | ===Comments=== | ||
In English, such questions can contain [[wh-word]]s that occur [[in situ]] rather than in initial position. For English, this is therefore sometimes taken as definitional for echo questions. | In English, such questions can contain [[wh-word]]s that occur [[in situ]] rather than in initial position. For English, this is therefore sometimes taken as definitional for echo questions. | ||
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| + | This type of question is usually considered irrelevant in the discussion of ''wh''-movement (''What did John buy?'') and [[wh-in-situ]] (''Who bought what?''). | ||
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===Other languages=== | ===Other languages=== | ||
German [[Echofrage]] | German [[Echofrage]] | ||
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| + | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Echo+question&lemmacode=770 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Syntax]] | ||
[[Category:Semantics]] | [[Category:Semantics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:31, 13 February 2009
An echo question is a question that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of a declarative sentence made before. It copies an utterance and contains a wh-phrase in situ.
Example
A: I'm going to Nizhnesverdlovsk. B: You're going where?
Comments
In English, such questions can contain wh-words that occur in situ rather than in initial position. For English, this is therefore sometimes taken as definitional for echo questions.
This type of question is usually considered irrelevant in the discussion of wh-movement (What did John buy?) and wh-in-situ (Who bought what?).
Other languages
German Echofrage
